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VirtualFlyBrain MCP

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org.virtualflybrain/vfb3-mcp

MCP server for Drosophila neuroscience data from VirtualFlyBrain

transport:streamable-http tools:13

Target client

run in your project directory

claude mcp add --transport http vfb3-mcp https://mcp.virtualflybrain.org

setup guides: Claude Code Claude Desktop Cursor VS Code Zed Windsurf Cline Gemini CLI Grok ChatGPT Claude.ai LangChain

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

get_term_info Read-only

get term info

run_query Mutating

run query

search_terms Read-only

search terms

list_search_facets Read-only

list search facets

resolve_entity Read-only

resolve entity

resolve_combination Read-only

resolve combination

list_connectome_datasets Read-only

list connectome datasets

query_connectivity Read-only

query connectivity

get_predicted_neurotransmitters Read-only

get predicted neurotransmitters

get_known_neurotransmitters Read-only

get known neurotransmitters

get_hierarchy Read-only

get hierarchy

lookup_xref Read-only

lookup xref

combine_queries

combine queries

All 13 tools, one page each

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. Check the server's own documentation before granting access.